The Tata Nano, India's $2,500 Car

133 messages, Last post on Sep 08, 2009 at 8:20 AM

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#84 of 133 Re: Well.... [fintail] by lemko Apr 06, 2009 (11:39 am)
Replying to: fintail (Apr 06, 2009 11:24 am) Of course, our globalist elitist masters will be chauffered around in something like this, only heavily armored, and complete with weaponry to repel the angy riff-raff. Replies to this message: fintail (Apr 06, 2009 12:35 pm) gagrice (Apr 06, 2009 12:49 pm)
#85 of 133 Re: Well.... [lemko] by gagrice Apr 06, 2009 (12:33 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Apr 06, 2009 10:05 am) you see a man, his wife, and kids all crammed on a motor scooter They look happy to me. I don't think being in a Buick will make a person any happier than being in a Nano. I have learned to be content in whatever I drive. I have not found a vehicle sold in the USA that really turns me on. All have glaring faults. A Buick would get lost in many of our pot holes. Nothing less than a full sized SUV is safe on our highways.
#86 of 133 Re: Well.... [lemko] by fintail Apr 06, 2009 (12:35 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Apr 06, 2009 11:39 am) They'll also need a fleet of mercenaries in Nanos to surround the battleship at all times Bentley is going to need to make cars with 6" armor plating at the current rate of socio-economic devolution. I don't know what warms my heart more - seeing the British motor industry taken over by Indians or Germans. Replies to this message: gagrice (Apr 06, 2009 12:49 pm)
#87 of 133 Re: Well.... [fintail] by gagrice Apr 06, 2009 (12:49 pm)
Replying to: fintail (Apr 06, 2009 12:35 pm) Oh, I say India. Tata has already taken over all of the major steel industry in the UK. That to me is justice when you think of the years that England held India in servitude. With Tata buying Land Rover and Jaguar it is just icing on the cake. Wait till they buy the Royal Palace as a tourist attraction.
#88 of 133 Re: Well.... [rockymtnhi] [lemko] by hpmctorque Apr 06, 2009 (12:49 pm)
That family of four on a scooter sure looks happy, but also terribly unsafe. It wouldn't take much of a bump or skid to send the wife and the toddler she holding to the trauma center, or worse.
#89 of 133 Link without comment by lokki Apr 07, 2009 (8:29 am)
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#90 of 133 Re: Link without comment [lokki] by rockymtnhi Apr 16, 2009 (4:54 pm)
Replying to: lokki (Apr 07, 2009 8:29 am) They must have better health coverage than us.
#91 of 133 The New Beetle by karjunkie Apr 30, 2009 (5:48 am)
This is a brilliant engineering achievement! Not since the Volkswagen Beetle has a people's car of such broad universal appeal been created. Congratulations to Tata Motors!!! Replies to this message: bcoogler (Apr 30, 2009 11:12 pm) hpmctorque (May 01, 2009 4:56 am)
#92 of 133 Late to the Party by ateixeira Apr 30, 2009 (6:55 am)
Sorry I'm late to join in, interesting discussion with a lot of points well made. I don't think we'll see a Nano in the US any time soon simply because it would need a break from emissions standards, and there's no way lawmakers are going to give a cheap imported car a huge break like that with the auto industry as bad as it is now. I think the Senate would vote 100-0 against a bill like that. And I agree that a Nano bumped up to meet all emissions and safety standards for a normal car would end up costing double, weighing double, and sort of miss the entire point of the car in the first place. NEVs are different - they run on batteries and don't pollute (locally). Having said that, Nano will succeed in places like India and China (if they allow it, if not a clone will). They have more than 2 billion customers, why on earth do they need the USA?
#93 of 133 The New Citroen by bcoogler Apr 30, 2009 (11:12 pm)
Replying to: karjunkie (Apr 30, 2009 5:48 am) Actually, given the clever engineering and size of the engine, I think the Nano as a people's car has more in common with the the Citroen 2CV6 than Volkswagen. The Citroen 2CV6 had a maximum engine size of 602cc and about 30 horsepower. The Volkswagen Beetle, by comparison, had much larger, more powerful engine choices, from 1200cc in Europe, to the 1600cc engine in the later US models (around 1972-1975). Replies to this message: hpmctorque (May 01, 2009 4:56 am)